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>> Odyssey Barbara E. Walton Summary from Backcover: Dr. Sam Beckett Leaps and finds himself standing toga-clad, lightning bolt in hand. But this is not Ancient Rome. It's a small town in upstate New York, January 21, 1983. Sam has Leaped into twelve-year-old Sean O'Connor in a school competition. But this is no ordinary school. And Sean is no ordinary boy. Sean O'Connor is participating in a gifted student's competition called Olympics of the Mind which is about to be canceled by the State. It is a loss that will have drastic implications for all the young students involved. The situation is grim. Sean is the child of a divorced alcoholic mother. The other students also come from very unstable family backgrounds. Their very futures are at risk. What can Sam do? Who will listen to a twelve-year-old boy? Can the program be saved? Time is slowly running out ... ISBN: #1-57297-092-8 (USA) Copyright: 1995 by MCA Publishing Rights Printing History: Pages: 280 Cover Art: Colin Howard Place: upstate New York Leap-date: Friday, January 21, 1983 Leapee's Name: Sean O'Connor |